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Bear in mind that Machiavelli’s “Good people must sometimes do evil things for good ends” is predicated on the idea that there are some acts that are inherently evil, yet MUST STILL BE PERFORMED in certain circumstances to achieve the desired ends. That’s not just “the ends justify the means”…
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(an example of what I’m talking about: in Machiavelli’s time, killing someone was evil, full stop. The act itself was evil, regardless of circumstances. Might you have to do it to save your own life? Sure, and that’s understandable, but it’s still an evil act that results in a good end.)
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it’s an acknowledgment that the reality of politics is inherently messy and necessitates careful evaluation of what ones’ final, unalterable principles are.
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